Household energy

Around 2.4 billion people use biomass fuels - wood, charcoal and animal dung - for their domestic energy needs. These are typically burned in inefficient stoves or on open fires, with serious consequences for health and the environment. SEI identifies and designs actions to help households transition to cleaner technologies and energy sources.

Integrated policy assessment and optimisation over multiple Sustainable Development Goals in Eastern Africa

Journal article / A case study examines how different mixes of land use and energy technology policies could affect progress on climate action, health and energy access SDGs.

16 August 2019 / About Energy access, Household energy, Planning and modelling, Public policy and Sustainable Development Goals

“Reducing meat consumption is only one of the steps we need to take”

Media coverage / Francis X. Johnson, lead author of the IPCC special report on climate change and land, explained on TV4 how we need to change the way we use our land.

8 August 2019 / About Bioeconomy, Climate policy, Food and agriculture and Household energy

Bioenergy and the environment

Other publication

1 January 1990 / About Household energy

Old habits die hard: using the energy cultures framework to understand drivers of household-level energy transitions in urban Zambia

Journal article / What determines household cooking practices of the dominant cooking cultures in Lusaka, Zambia?

8 March 2019 / About Behaviour and choice, Household energy and Pollution

Examining wood-energy systems with integrated assessment and landscape models

SEI working paper / This paper explores how to combine models to better understand the interactions between energy, economy, and land use in regions that rely on woodfuels.

29 May 2019 / About Forests, Household energy, Planning and modelling, Pollution and Short lived climate pollutants

Kuwait Energy Outlook calls for sustainable economy

Media coverage / Kuwait faces three challenges to ensure future prosperity: diversify its oil-dependent economy, stimulate efficient energy usage, and develop renewable energy.

6 May 2019 / About Energy access, Household energy and Renewables

Kronprinsessan Victoria med Kerstin Niblaeus, Åsa Persson, Andrew Jenks och Peter Eriksson

Interview with Helen Clark at SEI policy dialogue

Media coverage / Former head of UNDP and former Prime Minister of New Zealand, Helen Clark, attends the policy dialogue hosted by SEI and the New Zealand Embassy in Sweden.

7 April 2019 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Finance, Household energy and Mitigation

Steam rises from Olkaria geothermal power plant, Kenya

Tapping into potential: energy transitions in Africa

Feature / Africa could reach nearly a quarter of its energy needs from clean renewable energy by 2030. What are the challenges to realising this potential?

18 March 2019 / About Energy access, Finance and Household energy

Using music as a force for change

Media coverage / Project uses creative methods to engage informal settlement community

14 March 2019 / About Cities, Household energy and Short lived climate pollutants